Transport Training Manager
| Posting date: | 17 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2025 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/14036628/928187 |
Summary
About the role
We are looking for a confident and articulate individual with some experience in training, projects, or operations to join the Distribution transport team as a Transport Training Manager!
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in the development and delivery of high-quality training programs for teams working in our Distribution Centres. You will be instrumental in ensuring our drivers, transport managers, and other operational colleagues are equipped with the skills and knowledge to excel their roles and give phenomenal service to our stores.
Please be aware, the successful candidate will be expected to work remotely which will include travel for working from Tesco Distribution Centres and offices as required.
You will be responsible for
- Responsible for the legal mandated driver CPC training for all Tesco employed HGV drivers.
- Review of Tesco’s DVSA training accreditation, DCPC training courses, DVSA audit, CPC lesson plans and accredited trainers’ profiles.
- Leading all aspects of our various HGV driver development programs to ensure that attrition in our driver population is mitigated by the continual development of new HGV drivers.
- Ensuring development candidates are supported on their journey to becoming skilled and proficient professionals.
- Ensuring the quality of the training delivered by our population of driver trainers.
- Providing training and ongoing professional development plans for a population of around five thousand drivers, 140 transport clerks, and 170 managers.
- Ensuring that all transport training aligns with the requirements of the Operator Licensing regime and industry standard processes.
- Identifying and implementing innovative training methods and technologies to improve the learning experience of the transport team.
- Evaluating the efficiency of training programs and adjust them based on feedback and performance metrics.
- Staying up to date with changes in regulations, industry trends, standard processes, and emerging trends in order to incorporate them into training content.
- Collaborating with internal partners to identify training needs and priorities.
- Building a network of external contacts in the transport skills and training sector.
- Reviewing training finance to control expenditure and cross charges from DCs.
You will need
- Experience in training or project management (preferably within the transport industry).
- Extensive knowledge of the operator licensing regime and other transport regulatory requirements (preferred but not crucial).
- Proficient in data management to supervise training progress and provide insight into effectiveness of training.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to manage multiple training programs and schedules simultaneously.
- A creative and innovative approach to developing training methods and materials.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage and encourage a diverse range of learners and their line managers.
- High degree of competence with Microsoft Office suite of applications.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, demonstrating leadership and initiative.
- A dedication to continuous improvement and professional development.
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What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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